Political Matrix

2009-05-17T22:30:00.000-07:00

Any body and every body has a political view and unless you are a man from mars you tend to have one of a mix of following four views

1. Socialism - believes society should be organised along social lines for the benefit of all, rather than for what is perceived as the profit of a few [Interdependence]. Its key ideas are opposition to capitalism, and a belief in equality, both political and economic [NonConformance].

2. Authoritarianism will want the government to play two essential roles: 1) Enforce the moral order and 2) Ensure that the state or its members are the primary benefiaries of the actions of individuals.

3. Conservatism tends to resist rapid change and to support traditional norms, where "traditional norms" is meant to be the type of moral order that existed in previous times (e.g. prior to the 1950's). In a conservative state, citizens are subject to state authority primarily in the social aspects of their lives.

4. Liberalism sees individual liberty as the highest values in social and economical life. It favors the right to dissent from orthodox tenets or established authorities in social or economical matters. This definition blends the social aspects of U.S. Liberalism [NonConformance] with the economic aspects of European Liberalism [Independence].

I believe no body belongs strictly to one of these views but is a mix of them. But yes some politicians seems to act like they stick to one of these strongly.

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I am planning to blog about Indian political scenario as seen from these 4 views. To start with I will try to analyze the Poll results for Loksabha 2009 from the 4 views and I will try to place the political parties in a political matrix

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Political Matrix